Individual Details

Rowland Goode GUNSTON

(Abt Jul 1893 - Bet 21 Mar 1918 and 3 Apr 1918)

Events

BirthAbt Jul 1893Reading, Berkshire, England
Census190111 Kings Road, Caversham, Oxfordshire, England
Census1911Coach & Motor Trimmer - 102 Kings Road, Caversham, Oxfordshire, England
MilitaryBet 30 Mar 1915 and 3 Apr 1918Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment, British Army
DeathBet 21 Mar 1918 and 3 Apr 1918Killed in Action - France
BurialApr 1918Vandencourt British Cemetry (plot IV C 3/4), Maissemy, Picardie, France

Families

FatherRobert GUNSTON (1860 - )
MotherHannah MACKRELL (1854 - )
SiblingFrank Henry GUNSTON (1886 - 1961)
SiblingHarold Woods GUNSTON (1889 - 1975)
SiblingFrederick Douglas GUNSTON (1892 - 1957)

Notes

Military

Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
Battalion: 2 4th Battalion
Regimental Number: 200306

From medal card:
Victory & British Medal - Roll: L/105B8 Page: 1391
15 Star - Roll: L13B Page: 199
Theatre of war first served in: France 0-
Date of entry therein: 30 March 1915

Death

Extract from UK, Army register of Soldier's Effects 1901-1929

Record No: 690613
Registry No: E/584007/1
Name: Gunston, Rowland Good
Regiment, Rank, No: 2/4 R. Berks - Cpl - 200306
Date & Place of Death: 21 March 1918 to 3 April 1918 - France, Killed in Action
Credits: Account & Date: War May 18 Amount: £19 13s 8d - 13
Charges: Amount: £19 13s 8d Account & Date: MD? July 1918
Date of Authority: 25 July 1918
To whom authorised: Mo Sole leg Hannah
Amount authorised: £19 13s 8d
Then in red: 29 Nov 1919 / 3 - Mo Sole Leg. Hannah - £18
No of list in which advertised: -

Endnotes

1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1893 Jul/Sept - Reading - Vol: 2c Page: 351.

2. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 1371; Folio: 124; Page: 46.

3. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 8057; Schedule Number: 244.

4. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, Rowland Good Gunston.

5. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Gunston, R G.

6. UK - Army, Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929, National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 689501-691000; Reference: 411.

7. British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920.

8. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, Rowland Good Gunston.

9. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Gunston, R G.

10. UK - Army, Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929, National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 689501-691000; Reference: 411.

11. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Gunston, R G.

12. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site, Gunston, R G.

13. International - Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current, Corp R G Gunston.